December, 2022

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The Top 23 Security Predictions for 2023 (Part 1)

Lohrman on Security

After a year full of data breaches, ransomware attacks and real-world cyber impacts stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, what’s next? Here’s part 1 of your annual roundup of security industry forecasts for 2023 and beyond.

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FBI’s Vetted Info Sharing Network ‘InfraGard’ Hacked

Krebs on Security

InfraGard , a program run by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to build cyber and physical threat information sharing partnerships with the private sector, this week saw its database of contact information on more than 80,000 members go up for sale on an English-language cybercrime forum. Meanwhile, the hackers responsible are communicating directly with members through the InfraGard portal online — using a new account under the assumed identity of a financial industry CEO tha

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Leaked Signing Keys Are Being Used to Sign Malware

Schneier on Security

A bunch of Android OEM signing keys have been leaked or stolen, and they are actively being used to sign malware. Łukasz Siewierski, a member of Google’s Android Security Team, has a post on the Android Partner Vulnerability Initiative (AVPI) issue tracker detailing leaked platform certificate keys that are actively being used to sign malware.

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My Philosophy and Recommendations Around the LastPass Breaches

Daniel Miessler

If you follow Information Security at all you are surely aware of the LastPass breach situation. It started back in August of 2022 as a fairly common breach notification on a blog, but it, unfortunately, turned into more of a blog series. The initial blog was on August 25th, saying there was a breach, but it wasn’t so bad because they had no access to customer data or password vaults: Two weeks ago, we detected some unusual activity within portions of the LastPass development environment.

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ERM Program Fundamentals for Success in the Banking Industry

Speaker: William Hord, Senior VP of Risk & Professional Services

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is critical for industry growth in today’s fast-paced and ever-changing risk landscape. When building your ERM program foundation, you need to answer questions like: Do we have robust board and management support? Do we understand and articulate our bank’s risk appetite and how that impacts our business units? How are we measuring and rating our risk impact, likelihood, and controls to mitigate our risk?

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Combined SOC Webinar Q&A: From EDR to ITDR and ASO … and ChatGPT

Anton on Security

In recent weeks, I did two fun webinars related to Security Operations, and there was a lot of fun Q&A. The questions below are sometimes slighting edited for clarity, typos, etc. For extra fun, I had ChatGPT answer some of them, to see if it can replace me :-) So, first, ISACA webinar “Modernize Your SOC for the Future” focused on our Autonomic Security Operations vision.

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Recognize the commonalities in ransomware attacks to avoid them

Tech Republic Security

Learn how your organization can use the MITRE ATT&CK framework to prevent data breaches, fines, and the loss of clients and customers induced by ransomware threats. The post Recognize the commonalities in ransomware attacks to avoid them appeared first on TechRepublic.

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US Congress funds cybersecurity initiatives in FY2023 spending bill

CSO Magazine

On December 23, the House and Senate Appropriations Committee agreed to a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill that funds government operations through the fiscal year 2023. On December 29, President Biden signed it. The 4,155-page bill reflects an already agreed-upon $858 billion for defense spending and an additional $800 billion for non-defense spending, including several prominent cybersecurity items.

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Recovering Smartphone Voice from the Accelerometer

Schneier on Security

Yet another smartphone side-channel attack: “ EarSpy: Spying Caller Speech and Identity through Tiny Vibrations of Smartphone Ear Speakers “: Abstract: Eavesdropping from the user’s smartphone is a well-known threat to the user’s safety and privacy. Existing studies show that loudspeaker reverberation can inject speech into motion sensor readings, leading to speech eavesdropping.

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Why do cyber-attacks increase during holidays?

Security Boulevard

Why do cyber-attacks increase during holidays? Why do cyber-attacks increase during holidays? The holiday season is traditionally a golden opportunity for hackers to take advantage of the increase in the number of employees working remotely, decrease in IT staff levels, and extended server vulnerabilities. It’s a season when the number of attacks to access your […].

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A new Linux flaw can be chained with other two bugs to gain full root privileges

Security Affairs

Qualys researchers demonstrated how to chain a new Linux flaw with two other two issues to gain full root privileges on an impacted system. Researchers at the Qualys’ Threat Research Unit demonstrated how to chain a new Linux vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-3328 , with two other flaws to gain full root privileges on an affected system. The vulnerability resides in the snap-confine function on Linux operating systems, a SUID-root program installed by default on Ubuntu.

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Successful Change Management with Enterprise Risk Management

Speaker: William Hord, Vice President of ERM Services

A well-defined change management process is critical to minimizing the impact that change has on your organization. Leveraging the data that your ERM program already contains is an effective way to help create and manage the overall change management process within your organization. Your ERM program generally assesses and maintains detailed information related to strategy, operations, and the remediation plans needed to mitigate the impact on the organization.

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How to run better meetings with new Microsoft Teams tools

Tech Republic Security

Microsoft thinks new digital meeting tools — which include Mesh avatars that reduce the pressure of being on camera for video calls and AI that summarizes meetings — are worth the extra cost. The post How to run better meetings with new Microsoft Teams tools appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Google Home speakers allowed hackers to snoop on conversations

Bleeping Computer

A bug in Google Home smart speaker allowed installing a backdoor account that could be used to control it remotely and to turn it into a snooping device by accessing the microphone feed. [.].

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14 lessons CISOs learned in 2022

CSO Magazine

We're about to finish yet another erratic year, in which Elon Musk bought Twitter, Russia invaded Ukraine, and many workers returned to their offices. We also saw, for the first time, a security chief sentenced to prison for concealing a data breach. These events and many more have changed the business landscape and forced CISOs to steer a course through uncertain waters.

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CAPTCHA

Schneier on Security

This is an actual CAPTCHA I was shown when trying to log into PayPal. As an actual human and not a bot, I had no idea how to answer. Is this a joke? (Seems not.) Is it a Magritte-like existential question? (It’s not a bicycle. It’s a drawing of a bicycle. Actually, it’s a photograph of a drawing of a bicycle. No, it’s really a computer image of a photograph of a drawing of a bicycle.

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Cover Your SaaS: How to Overcome Security Challenges and Risks For Your Organization

Speaker: Ronald Eddings, Cybersecurity Expert and Podcaster

So, you’ve accomplished an organization-wide SaaS adoption. It started slow, and now just a few team members might be responsible for running Salesforce, Slack, and a few others applications that boost productivity, but it’s all finished. Or is it? Through all the benefits offered by SaaS applications, it’s still a necessity to onboard providers as quickly as possible.

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A Robot’s View of AI in Cybersecurity

Security Boulevard

An AI chatbot wrote the following article on AI in cybersecurity. For real. No humans were harmed in the drafting of this article. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are rapidly advancing technologies that have the potential to greatly impact cybersecurity. These technologies can be used to enhance security by analyzing large amounts of.

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Business Communication Compromise (BCC) Predictions for 2023

CyberSecurity Insiders

By Steven Spadaccini, VP Threat Intelligence, SafeGuard Cyber. In 2022, cybersecurity further became a top priority for businesses around the world following critical attacks on both the public and private sectors and of course, the use of cyber warfare as a Russian tactic in its invasion of Ukraine. This year, organizations have spent significant time and resources attempting to mitigate the risks associated with Business Communication Compromise, including phishing attacks and Personally-Ident

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Apple unveils new iMessage, Apple ID and iCloud security for high-value targets

Tech Republic Security

Tech firm aims to strengthen security for users and meet modern cyber threat challenges with new cybersecurity technology and end-to-end cloud encryption. The post Apple unveils new iMessage, Apple ID and iCloud security for high-value targets appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Google introduces end-to-end encryption for Gmail on the web

Bleeping Computer

Google announced on Friday that it's adding end-to-end encryption to Gmail on the web, allowing enrolled Google Workspace users to send and receive encrypted emails within their domain and outside their domain. [.].

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How Preparation and Strategy Can Be Used to Fight and Defeat Any Ransomware Attack

Speaker: Karl Camilleri, Cloud Services Product Manager at phoenixNAP

Did you know that 2021 was a record-breaking year for ransomware? The days of a “once in a while” attack against businesses and organizations are over. Cyberthreats have become a serious issue. With 495.1 million attacks, the threat marked a 148% increase compared to 2020 and was the most expensive year on record! As a result, data protection needs to be a concern for most banks, businesses, and information technology specialists.

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CPRA explained: New California privacy law ramps up restrictions on data use

CSO Magazine

On January 1, 2023, 20, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) will go into effect. Approved by ballot measure as Proposition 24 in November 2020, it created a new consumer data privacy agency and put California another step ahead of other states in terms of privacy productions for consumers—and data security requirements for enterprises. California already had a privacy law in place, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), adopted in 2018.

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Apple Is Finally Encrypting iCloud Backups

Schneier on Security

After way too many years, Apple is finally encrypting iCloud backups : Based on a screenshot from Apple, these categories are covered when you flip on Advanced Data Protection: device backups, messages backups, iCloud Drive, Notes, Photos, Reminders, Safari bookmarks, Siri Shortcuts, Voice Memos, and Wallet Passes. Apple says the only “major” categories not covered by Advanced Data Protection are iCloud Mail, Contacts, and Calendar because “of the need to interoperate with the global email, cont

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Rust: Officially Released in Linux 6.1 Kernel

Security Boulevard

At the weekend, Linus Torvalds released Linux 6.1 to the world. Among other security features is support for writing parts of the kernel in Rust. The post Rust: Officially Released in Linux 6.1 Kernel appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Experts devised a technique to bypass web application firewalls (WAF) of several vendors

Security Affairs

Claroty researchers devised a technique for bypassing the web application firewalls (WAF) of several vendors. Researchers at industrial and IoT cybersecurity firm Claroty devised an attack technique for bypassing the web application firewalls (WAF) of several industry-leading vendors. The technique was discovered while conducting unrelated research on Cambium Networks’ wireless device management platform.

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How to Avoid the Pain and Cost of PCI Compliance While Optimizing Payments

Speaker: P. Andrew Sjogren, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Very Good Security, Matt Doka, Co-Founder and CTO of Fivestars, and Steve Andrews, President & CEO of the Western Bankers Association 

PCI compliance can feel challenging and sometimes the result feels like you are optimizing more for security and compliance than you are for business outcomes. The key is to take the right strategy to PCI compliance that gets you both. In this webinar, we have a great set of panelists who will take you through how Zero Data strategies can be used as part of a well-rounded compliance and security approach, and get you to market much sooner by also allowing for payment optimization.

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Tips and tricks for securing data when migrating to the cloud

Tech Republic Security

Find out how you can have a safe and secure transition to the cloud. This guide describes tips and steps to take to ensure your data is secure during a migration. The post Tips and tricks for securing data when migrating to the cloud appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Okta's source code stolen after GitHub repositories hacked

Bleeping Computer

In a 'confidential' email notification sent by Okta and seen by BleepingComputer, the company states that attackers gained access to its GitHub repositories this month and stole the company's source code. [.].

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Machine Learning Models: A Dangerous New Attack Vector

Dark Reading

Threat actors can weaponize code within AI technology to gain initial network access, move laterally, deploy malware, steal data, or even poison an organization's supply chain.

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How to Surrender to a Drone

Schneier on Security

The Ukrainian army has released an instructional video explaining how Russian soldiers should surrender to a drone: “Seeing the drone in the field of view, make eye contact with it,” the video instructs. Soldiers should then raise their arms and signal they’re ready to follow. After that the drone will move up and down a few meters, before heading off at walking pace in the direction of the nearest representatives of Ukraine’s army, it says.

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Back to the Office: Privacy and Security Solutions to Compliance Issues for 2021 and Beyond

Speaker: Mike Cramer, Director of HIPAA & Data Security at The Word & Brown Companies

The COVID-19 pandemic forced many people into working remotely, opening the floodgates for a host of digital compliance issues. Now that companies are slowly allowing employees to return to work at the office, it's time to re-evaluate your company’s posture towards privacy and security. This is especially vital if your workers were (and still are!) using company equipment from home, or are still working remotely.

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GitHub Secret Scanning is now Free (as in Beer)

Security Boulevard

Microsoft’s GitHub source control service will help stop devs accidentally embedding secrets in public code repositories. It’s a big problem. The post GitHub Secret Scanning is now Free (as in Beer) appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Experts detailed a previously undetected VMware ESXi backdoor

Security Affairs

A new Python backdoor is targeting VMware ESXi servers, allowing attackers to take over compromised systems. Juniper Networks researchers spotted a previously undocumented Python backdoor targeting VMware ESXi servers. The researchers discovered the backdoor in October 2022, experts pointed out the implant is notable for its simplicity, persistence and capabilities.

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How to deploy a self-hosted instance of the Passbolt password manager

Tech Republic Security

A password manager can keep your sensitive information in-house. Here's how to deploy Passbolt to your data center or cloud-hosted service. The post How to deploy a self-hosted instance of the Passbolt password manager appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Antivirus and EDR solutions tricked into acting as data wipers

Bleeping Computer

A security researcher has found a way to exploit the data deletion capabilities of widely used endpoint detection and response (EDR) and antivirus (AV) software from Microsoft, SentinelOne, TrendMicro, Avast, and AVG to turn them into data wipers. [.].

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The Power of Storytelling in Risk Management

Speaker: Dr. Karen Hardy, CEO and Chief Risk Officer of Strategic Leadership Advisors LLC

Communication is a core component of a resilient organization's risk management framework. However, risk communication involves more than just reporting information and populating dashboards, and we may be limiting our skillset. Storytelling is the ability to express ideas and convey messages to others, including stakeholders. When done effectively, it can help interpret complex risk environments for leaders and inform their decision-making.